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| Wendigo |
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Moody, spooky, eerie
• Accurate potrayal of the demons of childhood
• Echoes of "The Shining," "Poltergeist,"
and "Deliverance" |
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If you've watched a lot of X-Files, nothing here will
surprise you much
• Uneven dialog leads to some unintended laughs |
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The Bottom Line - The build-up
of this horror yarn is expertly handled, but the solution leaves
much to be desired.
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| Product Description |
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Eerie horror thriller set in the Catskills |
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Deer flesh, wood demons, and rampant
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A violent PETA revenge fantasy |
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| Guide Review |
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Deer Hunter
Writer, director and editor Larry Fessenden delivers a spooky thriller
about a family's weekend vacation at a snowed-in house in the Catskills.
An accident with a deer leads to a run-in with foul-mouthed hunters,
and the young son (Erik Per Sullivan) retreats into fear and fantasies
of a wood demon. The expertly built tension of the first half dissipates
with the introduction of cliched mysterious Indians and a poorly animated
monster. This blend art house and horror won't satisfy either audience. |
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